Specky Magee & the Battle of the Young Guns

Specky Magee #7

by Felice Arena, Garry Lyon

As Specky battles it out in the state carnival for a chance to play on the hallowed MCG turf, back at school he has a fight on his hands just to be allowed to play with his beloved Booyong Lions. And when his long-lost grandpa comes to visit, it's an all-out war at home as well.

230 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Popular and prolific Australian children’s author Felice Arena is the creator of many best-selling and award-winning children's books for all ages. Some of these include the acclaimed middle-grade historical novels The Boy and the Spy, Fearless Frederic, A Great Escape, and The Unstoppable Flying Flanagan – the bestselling Specky Magee series, the junior series' Sporty Kids and The Besties, and the joyous read-aloud picture books Pasta!, Cheese! and most recently My Big Secret - also illustrated by Arena.
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Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another great book in the Specky Magee series. In this book, Specky is preparing for the State Grand Final with the Victorian AFL team and his Grandpa turns up. He also has a new coach and maths teacher that throws a few curve balls in his life.

There were a couple of incidents in this book that were resolved quite quickly. For a couple of them, it would have been interesting to see how they could have been resolved, however there may be more in the next book.

There are also some wonderful insights into accepting people, including teachers and coaches, on their own personalities and merits, instead of assuming how they should act. It's a great message to give to kids.

I am really enjoying this series and am looking forward to seeing what's next for Simon and his friends.

[Ben Reid · Rating 2 out of 5]

2/5

[Flynn Ross · Rating 3 out of 5]

good book. kind of a boring plot

[Brandon]

GREAT

[Hamish]

giii